Brian Smith and Bryan O’Neil Hughes — Photofocus Podcast 12/5/13

This week’s show features two interviews from different points of view in the photo industry. We catch up with noted portrait photographer Brian Smith about his work to capture unique images of some of the most photographed subjects in the world. Then we speak with Bryan O’Neil Hughes to learn about the next generation of digital imaging tools and workflows from Adobe.

Brian Smith

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith is the luckiest guy on the planet. Hes told Bill Gates exactly what to do for an entire hour, appeared on The X Factor, exhibited at the Library of Congress, dined with the President and 3,000 of their closest friends, written an Amazon Best Seller, shared cupcakes with Anne Hathaway, gotten drunk with George Clooney and married the most beautiful woman he ever laid eyes on

For the past 30 years, Brian Smiths iconic portraits of famous celebrities, athletes and executives have been used in advertising, by corporations and have graced the covers and pages of hundreds of magazines including Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, Time, Forbes, New York Times Magazine, Elle and British GQ.

How did Brian get this work to take pictures of these high profile clients?

How does Brian balance his style with showing diversity for magazines?

How does Brian balance his style and the perceived public personality of his subject?

The most important thing about shooting portraits.

Advice on photographing people.

What’s a pet peeve about other portrait photography?

Brian’s views on retouching.

What is Brian’s role with the make up artist on set?

Post processing discussion.

Shooting advice

Where can we find Brian?

Follow Brian on Twitter

Bryan ONeil Hughes

Bryan ONeil Hughes is the Senior Product Manager for Adobe Photoshop software and a pinch hitter for the Photoshop Lightroom software team. Since 1999 he has helped to test, drive, demonstrate, and lead development of Adobes professional digital imaging applications. Bryan is the Photoshop teams primary worldwide spokesman and can often be found leading seminars, user groups, and workshops.

Before joining Adobe, he was a professional photographer and retoucher. Beyond Adobe, Hughes is a published photographer, editor, and author. He is also a driving instructor for the BMW Car Club of America. When he isn’t driving very quickly, he enjoys running marathons very slowly. Bryan was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame in 2011.

Melissa and Bryan discuss:

Who is Bryan?

What does he do for Adobe?

What are some of the issues that Adobe has addressed from its users?

How is Adobe Creative Cloud different from other versions?

How does feedback directly impact the user experience?

The behind the scenes and progression of photoshop.

Some of the latest features of Photoshop for mobile and how’s its utilized?

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